I live in Powell. I have lived in Powell for 6 years since retiring from the military. I have been a Wyoming resident my entire life, but was physically in different areas while in the military after college. I was born in Cody.

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I am a third-generation Wyomingite. I was born in Cody and grew up in Powell. I attended Northwest College, then the University of Wyoming and earned a bachelor's in electrical engineering. I joined the Navy as an Officer after college and worked at Naval Reactors and Naval Sea Systems Command designing ships, submarines, and their systems. I have received many awards for my leadership and hard work for our Nation's security including the Department of Defense Value Engineering Award and the Department of the Navy Cyberspace/IT Person of the Year. I am a Wyoming Republican Party Platform candidate. I will protect personal rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness as absolutes. I will protect parent rights and their right to choose what is best for their children. I will protect gun rights. I am a fiscal conservative and will work to reduce taxes while driving for more economic investment to balance budgets. I will protect public land.

I will start by saying we live in the most amazing and beautiful State in the Union. We have a wealth of public lands which we can all enjoy. There are forces attempting to take and sell these lands. I will fight to keep our lands public. Second, I am deeply concerned with the volume and proliferation of the theft of personal data by big tech firms and even auto manufacturers. I will introduce legislation to protect personal data from theft. Third, I am concerned by the push to erode parental rights. I will protect parents’ rights to choose what is best for their children. I am a fiscal conservative and will work to reduce taxes which have disproportionately impacted our community seniors. I will drive for more economic investment to balance budgets. I am also concerned that we are not making care at home as accessible for our seniors as it should be. I will fight to make the common sense and more economically viable solution available for all our seniors.

I remember how affordable health care was before Obamacare, so the obvious answer is rolling that back. Unfortunately, that is a federal issue to tackle. What we can do is cut unnecessary regulation that forces overhead in the health care systems in Wyoming. We have tremendous people doing their best at our local hospitals and care facilities. The 307 Health model should be examined. In Powell, it has proven to be successful and affordable. I would point out that part of that success is lack of overhead and bureaucracy. I believe that care at home for our seniors is another critical aspect. The Powell Senior Center is another example of what right looks like. Making hygiene care, transportation, food, and social gatherings simple and affordable. The Wyoming legislature should support these examples and decrease overhead and bureaucracy to the largest degree possible.

Public land in Wyoming needs to remain public land. I would support transfer of the land from the Federal government to the State government provided there was a plan to continue to support the land financially.

I fully support property tax relief. Wyoming has one of the most pro-business environments in the nation. We should be able to attract business to Wyoming to offset the property tax relief. I will make this a priority. We need to offer more local jobs to keep our youth here. We should consider consumption or point-in-time tax options. Unfortunately, our property taxes disadvantage our seniors who have already paid their dues and are now living off of a fixed and very modest income. This affects widows even more. If we can end unnecessary bureaucracy with a scalpel in the state's budget that will help as well. It will require a lot of work, but I am up for the challenge.

Wyoming has an incredible business environment. We need to evaluate why businesses aren't flocking here like they are to Texas and Florida. I am sure part of it is infrastructure and part of it is perception that hiring will be challenging in a low population area. We need to address these issues with industry. I strongly believe we can address both of those concerns, but we need to advertise all of the advantages to industry and help provide any missing infrastructure and alleviate concerns about hiring. Wyomingites have grit and determination and make the absolute best employees. We need to capitalize on this fact with industry.

My values are absolute transparency at all times. I am new this year, but from what I can tell Wyoming's system for monitoring campaign donations is reasonable.